Beyond The Sky

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We talked for a while, planning where we were meeting and when. On top of that, we were just having general conversation - I didn't want to be bored while planning this meet-up. We'll be starting out at the same park as the first time we met tomorrow afternoon. He says he has other plans as well, and I'm kind of excited. I just don't know what's going to happen with me and my... you know, colored sight. What if this still doesn't spark it?!

I guess I shouldn't worry about that... the world will decide if we're meant to be.

That sounds so cheesy. But it's just how this world works. It's so stupid.

But, whatever.

I'm going to think positively and hope this works.

Now to waste the evening. Okay, maybe not "waste" it. But I definitely wanted to do something to help time go by. And by that I obviously mean play guitar. Learn a new song.

I grab it off the stand, and grab my laptop too. I open the main singer's website for his songs that I usually learn, and go to one of my favorite albums of his. I look through the songs and find the perfect one - My Favorite Regret.

I love how slow this song is and I love the lyrics too. Especially since it's a duet.

Maybe I could teach the other half of the lyrics to Lance?

I set my makeshift capo to around the 7th fret after tuning, and begin to practice the chords and timing along with his song before I learn the words myself. That only takes me an hour or two. It's now only 5pm - I still have time to start getting the words.

    "The day that we met
I'll never forget
I knew from the moment she spoke
That she, was destined to be
My favorite regret
And all through the years..."

I stopped, because I messed up the chord. Dang it. I hit the right one and began again.

    "...The joy and the tears
We shared as the greatest of friends
And she was destined to be
My favorite regret

        Well, each moment we've spent
I've been almost content
Just to talk to her all through the night
But a part of me..."

I struggle to hit the chord.

"...mourns
What will never be born
Forever my favorite regret."

That's the end of the male verses. Next, to learn the female verses after a few more chords of instrumental.

    "He's gentle and kind
And totally blind
To not see the life we could lead..."

Oh my goodness... This one song hits home a little too hard. Whatever, not time to think about it. Let's finish learning this song.

    "And he, is destined to be
My favorite regret

In bad times and good
I've steadfastly stood
My passion just waits to be freed
But he, is destined to be
My favorite regret..."

One more section... Both singers. This part is gonna be fun. Especially the harmonies.

"...Well, I've got more to give
But I'm happy to live
In the shadow, of what could've been
But a part of me yearns
Like an ember, it burns
Forever, my favorite regret

One day, when the stars fade
Will the echoes of my love
Arrive to you above
And wake you up ... at last."

Instrumental break. I love this one, actually. So fancy.

"I'll take what I've got
Put the rest in a box
Addressed to the stars in the sky...
...And soon, up there with the moon...
My favorite regret.

Forever, my favorite regret..."

I play through the chords once more, sighing at the end of the final playthrough. It was perfect timing as my mother calls my brother and I down for dinner. I set my guitar back down on its stand and head toward the dining room. I follow Spencer down the stairs.